Fall Winter Spring Summer 2017 2016 2017 2017 First Session Second Session Quarter Begins September 26 January 9 April 3 June 26 July 31 Quarter Ends December 16 March 24 June 16 August 4 September 8 Tuition Deadline September 30 January 13 April 7 June 30 June 30 Evaluation Week December 12–16 March 20–24 June 12–16 July 31–Aug. 4 September 5 – 8 Thanksgiving Break Winter Break Spring Break Breaks November 21–27 Dec. 17–Jan. 8 March 25–April 2 New Student Orientation: Dates will be posted at evergreen.edu/events/orientation Commencement: June 16, 2017 evergreen.edu/campuscalendar Our Mission As an innovative public liberal arts college, Evergreen emphasizes collaborative, interdisciplinary learning across significant differences. Our academic community engages students in defining and thinking critically about their learning. Evergreen supports and benefits from local and global commitment to social justice, diversity, environmental stewardship, and service in the public interest. The Five Foci We believe the main purpose of a college is to promote student learning through: 1 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY Students learn to pull together ideas and concepts from many subject areas, which enables them to tackle real-world issues in all their complexity. 2 COLLABORATIVE LEARNING Students develop knowledge and skills through shared learning rather than learning in isolation and competition with others. 3 LEARNING ACROSS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES Students learn to recognize, respect, and bridge differences, a critical skill in an increasingly diverse world. 4 PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT Students develop their capacities to judge, speak, and act on the basis of their own reasoned beliefs. 5 LINKING THEORY WITH PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Students understand abstract theories by applying them to projects and activities and by putting them into practice in real-world situations. Expectations of an Evergreen Graduate The curriculum is designed to support students’ continuing growth: Articulate and assume responsibility for your own work. Know how to work well with others, be an active participant, assume responsibility for your actions as an individual, and exercise power responsibly and effectively. Participate collaboratively and responsibly in our diverse society. Give of yourself to make the success of others possible, know that a thriving community is crucial to your own well-being, study diverse worldviews and experiences to help you develop the skills to act effectively as a local citizen within a complex global framework. Communicate creatively and effectively. Listen objectively to others in order to understand a wide variety of viewpoints, learn to ask thoughtful questions to better understand others’ experiences, communicate persuasively, and express yourself creatively. Demonstrate integrative, independent, critical thinking. Study across a broad range of academic disciplines and critically evaluate a range of topics to enhance your skills as an independent, critical thinker. Apply qualitative, quantitative, and creative modes of inquiry appropriately to practical and theoretical problems across disciplines. Understand the importance of the relationship between analysis and synthesis, become exposed to the arts, sciences, and humanities to understand their interconnectedness, and learn to apply creative ways of thinking to the major questions that confront you in your life. As a culmination of your education, demonstrate depth, breadth, and synthesis of learning and the ability to reflect on the personal and social significance of that learning. Apply your Evergreen education in order to better make sense of the world, and act in ways that are both easily understood by and compassionate toward other individuals across personal differences. Table of Contents | 3 Table of Contents ACADEMIC PLANNING ADMISSIONS 4 About Evergreen 96 Applying for Admission 7 How to Select a Program 99 Costs and Financial Aid 8 Programs by Class Level: 100 Registration and Academic Information Freshman • Sophomore • Junior • Senior INFORMATION 12 Match Evergreen’s Programs to Your Interests 102 Evergreen’s Social Contract ACADEMIC PROGRAMS 105 Public Service at Evergreen 106 Greener Culture and Resources 21 Program Descriptions 108 Campus Regulations 78 Reservation-Based Community-Determined Program 109 Index 80 Tacoma Program 112 Campus Map 82 Undergraduate Research This catalog is updated regularly; for the most 86 Evening and Weekend Studies current information please visit our Web site: 87 Graduate Studies evergreen.edu/catalog/2016-17 88 Evergreen’s Faculty The students of the program Environmental Analysis at the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone. The group was studying the unique geological and microbiotic conditions in the park. (Photos by Shauna Bittle ‘98) 4 | About Evergreen A Different Place to Learn Evergreen is unlike any other college in the country. Students have an unusual amount of freedom to explore, develop, and articulate their own sense of direction. With freedom, of course, comes responsibility. Evergreen’s faculty look forward to helping you embrace both. COORDINATED STUDIES Interdisciplinary programs reflect the complexity of the world around us. Instead of taking an assortment of different and often unrelated classes, you meet with the same teachers and classmates together, in one place—your academic program. You learn about the interconnections of subjects in the real world. Programs can include lectures, labs, readings, seminars, field study and research projects, and may last one, two or even three quarters, developing themes across the span of the program. Each program is designed to engage students in a collaborative exploration of a central theme by faculty teams who bring widely varied disciplines to the mix: i.e.; digital media and philosophy, literature and environmental studies, fine arts and biology, or business, literature and economics. Collectively, our programs form a curriculum that is new and different, dynamic and relevant. Sample interdisciplinary, full-time, 16-credit program at Evergreen: Shaping: Identities and Objects (pg 64) 46 freshmen and 2 faculty will work together to explore: communication x Cultural, societal, and familial identities x Drawing, crafting, and sculptural techniques x The environmental and SHAPING: cultural significances visual art IDENTITIES psychology of materials & OBJECTS x How the things we make serve as self-expression x Program work will include art studio, expository writing, guest lectures, and field trips. sustainability studies To accomplish comparable studies at other colleges and universities, your classes might look more like this, but have none of the advantages of an interdisciplinary program: PSY 117 ART 150 COM 253 Psychology of Introduction to Interpersonal Identity Drawing Communication 5 credits 5 credits 5 credits ACADEMIC PATHWAYS At Evergreen, you create your own course of study from offerings in more than 60 subjects. Over your time here, you’ll develop a pathway that meets your goals and interests. You can connect your studies together into an area of emphasis. Advisors and faculty help you figure out what to take to meet your graduate school or professional goals. (Photos by Shauna Bittle ‘98) About Evergreen | 5 NARRATIVE EVALUATIONS Your faculty will give you more than a single letter grade. They‘ll take the time to write a narrative evaluation about what you did well and how you can improve. Evaluations assess your academic progress in ways that grades cannot. Evaluations keep the focus on learning rather than rank. You‘ll meet with your faculty to discuss achievements as documented in your narrative evaluation. You will also write a self-evaluation at the end of each program. This process gives you a chance to reflect on what you‘ve learned. Many graduate schools and employers value the thoroughness of this noncom- petitive approach. Your individual achievements and strengths will stand out. (Photos by Shauna Bittle ‘98 and Evergreen Photo Services) THE ACADEMIC STATEMENT Every student’s individual educational pathway will be different. The Academic Statement is your opportunity to document yours as you earn credit toward your bachelor’s degree. By regularly reflecting on your work, you will decide how best to show the meaning and value of your degree. Your final Academic Statement, which is limited to 750 words, becomes the cover page of your transcript and introduces readers to your undergraduate career. Throughout each year, the college sets aside time for you to craft your Academic Statement. New Student Fall Academic All Campus Orientation Week Statement work Mentoring Days Every September at Evergreen, during Every fall, students spend several hours Every winter and spring, the faculty Orientation Week, new students will pausing from their chosen program’s hosts All Campus Mentoring Days. These participate in small group sessions led by content to think broadly and deeply about feature workshops covering topics such teams of faculty. In these sessions, you’ll their education as a whole, through work as becoming a better student, finding begin to reflect on your education as a on their Academic Statement. Your faculty your path through Evergreen’s curriculum, whole and start writing about it. You’ll will lead you through activities such as planning for careers or graduate school, return to this document periodically seminars on liberal education, finding and refining your Academic Statement. throughout your education, revising it threads of connection